(5 ILCS 315/16)(from Ch. 48, par. 1616)Sec. 16. Exhaustion of nonjudicial remedies. After the exhaustion
of any arbitration mandated by this Act or any procedures mandated by a
collective bargaining agreement, suits for violation of agreements including
agreements entered into pursuant to Section 13(c) of the Urban Mass Transportation
Act, between a public employer and a labor organization representing public
employees may be brought by
the parties to such agreement in the circuit court in the county in which
the public employer transacts business or has its principal office.(Source: P.A. 83-1012.)